Managing Hallucinations and Delusions With PD

Would you like to understand how to better manage the hallucinations and delusions caused by Parkinson’s? Please join us for this talk.

Dr. Katherine Wong is a board certified neurologist specializing in movement disorders and behavioral neurology.

She is interested in Parkinson’s disease clinical trials, the contribution of the blood brain barrier and the gut microbiome to PD clinical symptoms, the overlap of memory and movement disorders, and increasing access to specialty care and clinical trials for a diverse population of patients.

A Parkinson's Community Los Angeles (PCLA) "Let's Talk Parkinson's" online live program from April 19, 2024. www.pcla.org.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Speaker Intro
02:27 Outline
04:00 Psychosis
05:29 Visual Hallucinations
09:00 Other Hallucinations
10:47 Delusions
14:36 How common is this?
16:43 Risk Factors
19:12 Relationship with RBD
19:24 Neurochemistry Explanations
19:28 Cholinergic Deficit
20:22 Serotonin Changes
21:24 Brain Circuit Pathology
23:23 Management of Hallucinations & Delusions
27:48 Treatment of Hallucinations & Delusions
30:26 Medications to Reduce Hallucinations
35:18 Pimavanserin Trial
36:16 Q&A
45:20 Closing
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